Search
-
Recent Posts
- What Is a Covenant?
- How Can I Know If I’ve Been Forgiven?
- How Can I Have More Experiences with God?
- How Can I Be a Better Father?
- What Is the Plan of Redemption?
- How Will the Remnant of Jacob Be Like a Lion Among Sheep?
- What Is the Role of Isaiah’s “Servant Songs” in the Book of Mormon?
- What Is the Liahona?
- What Can We Learn from the Brass Serpent?
- Who Is the “Prophet” that Moses Promised Would Come?
Top Posts
- Lessons from Visions and Spiritual Experiences in the Book of Mormon
- Moroni 4:3, 5:2 The Sacrament Prayers
- How Can I Have More Experiences with God?
- As Soon as They Are Departed - Alma 40:11-13
- Let Your Light So Shine - 3 Nephi 12:14-16
- How Can I Know If I've Been Forgiven?
- Cry Unto Him over the Crops of Your Fields - Alma 34:24-25
- That Turn Aside the Just for a Thing of Naught - 2 Nephi 28:16-17
Archives
Categories
Tag Archives: 2 Nephi 2
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach About Happiness?
Near the beginning of the Book of Mormon, the prophet Lehi tells his family about a spiritual dream he has experienced. The central symbol in this dream was “a tree, whose fruit was desirable to make one happy” (1 Nephi … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness
Tagged 1 Nephi 11, 1 Nephi 17, 1 Nephi 8, 2 Nephi 2, 2 Nephi 5, 2 Nephi 9, 3 Nephi 24, Alma 41, Helaman 13, Mormon 9, Mosiah 2
Leave a comment
What Does It Mean to Consecrate Something?
To consecrate something is to make it sacred, to set it apart for a holy purpose (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary). The opposite is to desecrate something, which means literally to “divest it of [its] sacred character,” or to “treat it with sacrilege” (Online … Continue reading
Posted in Consecration, Uncategorized
Tagged 2 Nephi 1, 2 Nephi 10, 2 Nephi 2, 2 Nephi 3, 2 Nephi 32, 2 Nephi 33, 2 Nephi 5, 2 Nephi 6, 3 Nephi 20, Alma 15, Alma 23, Alma 4, Alma 5, Jacob 1, Mosiah 2, Mosiah 23, Mosiah 6
2 Comments
What Is A Contrite Spirit?
Contrite means “crushed.” The English word descends from the Latin word contritus, which means literally “worn out” or “ground to pieces” (“contrite,” Online Etymology Dictionary). When the word appears in the King James Version of the Bible, it is a translation … Continue reading
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach About the Resurrection?
Today, I reviewed all 35 passages in the Book of Mormon which use the word “resurrection.” Here are some of the principles I saw: Because of the fall of Adam and Eve, we will all die (2 Nephi 9:6). There … Continue reading
Posted in Resurrection, Uncategorized
Tagged 2 Nephi 2, 2 Nephi 26, 2 Nephi 9, 3 Nephi 26, 3 Nephi 6, Alma 11, Alma 12, Alma 16, Alma 21, Alma 27, Alma 33, Alma 4, Alma 40, Alma 41, Alma 42, Helaman 14, Jacob 4, Jacob 6, Mormon 7, Mormon 9, Moroni 7, Mosiah 13, Mosiah 15, Mosiah 16, Mosiah 18
Leave a comment
What Does It Mean for Jesus to Be Our “Redeemer?”
To redeem something is to repurchase it, to buy back something we have given away or sold. When applied to a person, the word implies rescue from captivity or bondage. (See “redeem,” Webster’s Dictionary, 1828.) Isaiah uses the imagery of … Continue reading
Posted in Atonement, Jesus Christ
Tagged 1 Nephi 20, 1 Nephi 21, 2 Nephi 11, 2 Nephi 2, 2 Nephi 31, 2 Nephi 6, 2 Nephi 7, 3 Nephi 20, 3 Nephi 22, Alma 19, Alma 61, Enos 1, Helaman 5, Moroni 8, Mosiah 27
2 Comments
Which Fruit in the Garden of Eden Was Bitter, and Which Was Sweet?
Lehi had a clear message for his son Jacob: The adversity and the afflictions we experience in life don’t have to drag us down. They can lift us up. Lehi acknowledged that Jacob had faced many trials but assured him … Continue reading
What Is a “Probationary State?”
When Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they became mortal. As the prophet Lehi explained to his sons, everything was static before that time: “If Adam had not transgressed…he would … Continue reading
Posted in Preparation, Probation, Time Management
Tagged 1 Nephi 10, 2 Nephi 2, 2 Nephi 9, Alma 12, Alma 42, Helaman 13
Leave a comment
